Manutan Customer EventThursday, 15 November 2018

Will robots be the buyers of the future?
Anticipating and controlling the impact of technologyon BtoB purchases

The Manutan Group's European Centre

Relive the event

The Manutan Customer Event held last Thursday, 15th November brought together 150 people from the procurement profession: Chief Procurement Officer, purchasing manager, purchaser… Each year, this event allows the European procurement community to gather and discuss topical issues.

After last years' focus on hidden data resources, the third Customer Event looked at the digital transformation of procurement and the key ways to anticipate and control this change.

As it was very well received by the attendees, we would like to invite you to relive the experience through images taken at the event.

Presentations

The intelligence renaissance or new horizons in technology

Alexandre Cadain, an entrepreneur and art and technology enthusiast, is the co-founder and CEO of ANIMA

Alexandre Cadain tells the story of how augmented intelligence has evolved into what it is today, from Leonardo Da Vinci to IBM's Watson via Alan Turing and Star Trek. As he reminds us, artificial intelligence is not just used in computer sciences, but is also used as a social and political issue. Artificial intelligence is already having an impact on all industries, just as electricity did last century. The design and development of this technology requires input from all areas of expertise to ensure that it is properly regulated and that its objectives are achieved. Each of us needs to consider our particular field, and contribute to the development of artificial intelligence for the use of both in business and in wider society.

Will robots be the buyers of the future?
Anticipating and controlling the impact of technology on BtoB purchases

The technological revolution will transform all professions, but will have a particular impact on procurement. Manutan is studying the challenges and opportunities presented by these new technologies for the procurement industry. These powerful technologies will free buyers from low value-added tasks and allow them to secure, enhance and fully exploit data to ultimately implement strategies within their companies and optimise their performance. Manutan shares its ideas about transformation, and the key tools that it will use to embrace it…